Things smartphones replaced (8.Viewing)

Things smartphones replaced (my alphabetical list)

address books
airline tickets
alarm clocks
answering machines
audio cassettes
bank branches
beepers
bills
boarding passes
brochures
business cards
calculators
calendars
camcorders
cameras
cash
cassette players
catalogs
cd-roms
cds
checks
compact mirrors
compasses
cookbooks
coupons
diaries
dictionaries
dvds
encyclopedias
fax machines
film rolls
fitness trackers
flashlights
floppy disks
flyers
foreign phrasebooks
gps devices
handheld game consoles
instant cameras
instruction manuals
invoices
itineraries
keys
landline phones
letters
magazines
mail
maps
memos
money
mp3 players
newspapers
notebooks
offices
pagers
parking meters
parking permits
pay phones
phone books
photo albums
photocopiers
planners
playing cards
portable cd players
portable speakers
printed photos
radios
receipts
remote controls
rolodexes
rulers
scanners
slide projectors
slide viewers
takeout orders by phone
tape decks
tape measures
thermometers
tickets
timers
translators
travel guidebooks
tv remotes
tv’s
typewriters
vcr’s
vhs tapes
voice recorders
walkie talkie
wallets
watches
yellow pages


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I smacked my kid with it when she tried to wrestle the car keys out of my hands.

I didn't see paddle anywhere on the list

I'd add in:

Paperweight

I'm always putting my phone on top of papers, bill receipts, etc that I don't want to blow off my desk.

Phones have replaced pretty well everything that they can replace, and on a macro scale, that is horrible for both the economy and tech innovation. With smart phones, the world has become incredibly boring, with almost zero new tech items, and any potential new technology is just incorporated into the phone instead. Boooow-ring!

I guess that's why people gamble so much (or spend thousands on Pokemon cards or Labubu dolls) - they're bored. Gambling is the 'new drinking' from the pre-tech era, that ended in the 70's.

If you use Google Wallet

• Credit Cards
• DriversLicence
• Health Card
• Passport
• Point Cards

etc.

Also:

• Tracker for kids and family members
• Passwords
• Phone can be used a a power bank to charge other devices